Simone Signoret interview. Wonderful episode of the Face to Face series with John Freeman 1960.

[@timothyhopkins6960]

She was always magic on the screen . There has never been anyone remotely like her .She was the most elegant actress I have ever seen.

[@patriciamartinez5836]

Loved her in Ship of Fools. It’s 2024 and watched it today. I was 12 when it came out . Too young to appreciate it. She and Oscar played opposite her. I love their story in that movie. Very sad

[@hilakummins3104]

I just left a comment on a different channel about her Room at the Top award. This talented gorgeous woman was amazing in that film! Her romance with Oscar was sexy, cynical & both were imminently doomed. That's such a brilliant and heartbreaking film, and it introduced me to her. ❤

[@patriciamartinez5836]

@@hilakummins3104 They we’re both wonderful. 💜

[@zsuzsamold]

❤❤❤

[@donsarde]

I have always admired Signoret for her bold views and determination in what she believed in. She a avant-gardiste for her time.

[@teddydavis2339]

I saw her for the first time in Ship Of Fools and I feel in love with her. She died very young. She was married to my favorite French singer, Yves Montard.

[@jameswhitfield1375]

She captivated me the moment I first saw her. That feeling is something I am glad to say never went away.

[@cjordan1161]

Beautiful woman. So refreshing to see a real woman , natural , intelligent , charming.

[@BK58-m8l]

Interesting to watch and listen... Beautiful, deep,sincere person.

[@rudolphwatson1737]

Great actress loved her captivating eyes! 😊👏

[@jacquelineamar438]

Gréât actress!unique style and beautiful💐💐💐

[@musicianinseattle]

The embodiment of class and beauty. This is the kind of actor that’s in such short supply nowadays.

[@5andup]

One of the world's best actresses: Madame Simone Signoret! ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏 1. Ship of Fools (Unforgettable performance in a thrilling movie, nominated for Best Actress) 2. Room at the Top (Well-deserved Oscar winner for Best Actress) 3. Casque d'Or 4. La Ronde 5. Madame Rosa (Oscar winner, Best Foreign Language Film 1977, France)

[@whanuipuru4446]

I must watch one to get her essence and flavour!

[@robertosoto1370]

MADAME SIGNORET POSSESES A PRESENCE😮 THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED SHE'S , ELEGANT ,INTELLIGENT & AN EXEPTIONAL ACTRESS ELLE ,EST UNE CÉLÉBRITÉ EST UNE ACTRIZ EXEPCIONELLE QUE J'ADMIRE ÉNORMÉMENT ❤😊🤩😮 🙏🙏🙏

[@peterh1353]

Born a hundred years ago - almost to the day. Interesting and brilliant on the screen. Knew how to work to a movie camera. Never had the same talent on stage.

[@RichardPhillips-qm4xb]

Beautiful, enigmatic and fascinating. Only very few people are like this. I love all her films. Especially Room at the top.

[@82fineart]

Beautiful lady

[@whanuipuru4446]

That enchanting accent that French have when they speak English is captivating. I was just a baby when she doing her movies.🎉😂

[@whanuipuru4446]

I find Simone to be a very intellectual woman who enjoyed the art of politics combined with art. A very French attitude and way of life to those French!

[@mizofan]

My favourite film with her is Casque d'Or, wonderful

[@donsarde]

J'admire énormément cette grande actresse du cinéma Français. Une femme savante.

[@sharons9773]

Classy lady

[@jacquelineamar438]

Yessss! She has something of Romy Schneider😊😊😊😊

[@betsylalich4570]

There are so many interesting moments in this interview and comments as well. I noticed two details to mention : in the opening scene, to her right, apparently walking in a group, is the French actor Jean Marais. And regarding what some comment about the "interrogation" style of the BBC interviewer, Simone has an interesting smile when mentioning Jeanne d'Arc. Who was Jeanne (joan) fighting in defense of France? The British.

[@riveranormanf.8770]

Recommend ROOM AT THE TOP (1959) Her Best Actress Oscar-winning tour-de-force performance.

[@christinepaige2575]

There is such an uncanny resemblance between Simone Signoret and Romy Schneider.

[@mckavitt13]

Yes & Romy's friend Barbara Schwarzer says they were lovers. Real lovers.

[@szee8588]

the Jew look

[@betsylalich4570]

​@szee8588 What the hell does that odd remark mean? I would say such a "look" was definitely a compliment. Her husband, Yves Montand was an Italian Jew, born "Ivo Livi". There are SO many great Jews, especially when you consider what a minority they are in the world population. Certainly, without the hate and persecution they suffered, there would be so many more. Does that disturb you ?!

[@johnfulton4061]

They have the same eyes they could have played mother and daughter

[@christinepaige2575]

Yes!

[@TheGiantKillers]

Broadcast 12th November 1960

[@davidfraser6950]

I'm no expert on body language but she touches her nose a lot... Great interview and very strong personality

[@betsylalich4570]

I noticed the nose touching too. It's as if she is both thinking and comforting herself. Of course the cigarette smoking is so classic...but she does it well, even waveing the smoke away. All in all, she definitely had a unique, interesting and captivating style and was totally sincere and her own person. Her English is good and she chooses the words well. I adored/adore her...when I was a young woman and still now, as a "seasoned" woman. I could watch her forever. And especially since Yves had his "extra" fun, I could see Simone having hers too ! But with Romy? How intriguing. Why not ?!

[@thepianocornertpc]

Intelligent and incredibly beautiful.

[@WhippetOut]

So many questions that he would never ask a man about work and family. There’s never been another actor like her.

[@bgueberdenteich5206]

an actor like SHE !

[@WhippetOut]

@@bgueberdenteich5206 wow.

[@mckavitt13]

@@bgueberdenteich5206 No. Like HER. But I'd call her an actress.

[@bgueberdenteich5206]

@@mckavitt13 Please refresh your knowledge of English . It is *an actress like SHE .*

[@betsylalich4570]

​@@bgueberdenteich5206 Really all of you, who cares? Just say it in FRENCH ! Ça va ?

[@robadr13]

She always had the most striking, intelligent presence. Wonderful to listen to her speak in her own voice. Terrible interviewer - I would have slapped him (verbally) at least a couple of times. 🙂

[@betsylalich4570]

Ha ha ha !

[@ГалинаБельская-л9х]

Здесь она уже оскароносная?? ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Mimi-ey5ej]

She’s a very intelligent, yet approachable and charismatic person. Not many kewpie doll bimbos in France.

[@betsylalich4570]

Chauvinistic a bit? Even the word "bimbo" is chauvinistic. Unthinking men OR women, exist everywhere.

[@chongtak]

@@betsylalich4570 some places have more than others, you should travel.

[@betsylalich4570]

@chongtak Really? You think I have not? Careful telling others what THEY should do.

[@chongtak]

@@betsylalich4570 You should relax darling. Your stomach ulcer will make you suffer again. And don't forget to travel, it will broaden your horizon.

[@betsylalich4570]

​@chongtak You are a very tiny person and arrogant for no reason to be. Travel may do many things and I have done it much for a long time. But it does not necessarily give you intelligence, knowledge or class. Try those on for size, DARLING.

[@ГалинаБельская-л9х]

Как хороша Симона в этом интервью, на половину француженка и немного американка, которой она никогда не была.

[@ГалинаБельская-л9х]

Симона не кокетничает, но пытается внушить уважение к себе, которое должно быть безоговорочным.

[@patrickpell6713]

A breathtaking Lady…honest…rather like Bette Davis, Hepburn, Streisand. Great STARS! Brilliant, erudite, wholly female…dare one say, sexy! Sophistication…a thing of the past.

[@rossmartenak5517]

Why did she change her birth name?

[@fangpili]

To escape discrimination based on her Jewish roots that was still rife after the war

[@betsylalich4570]

Also, it is quite common for people to change their names in different cultures. For instance the great French singer Charles Aznavour was of Armenian descent. His birth name was Aznavourian. But Simone WAS using her mother's name, which is not unusual in many cultures. Discrimination has never gone away. It is an evil sickness.

[@graceshanti5322]

is there a body reader to tell why she touches her nose often??

[@betsylalich4570]

She also covers her knee a few times with legs crossed tightly. But just her total being is so expressive...voila ! Une actrice. Naturelle.

[@mangoMango-ck3et]

She was too good for that slime of a husband,,but love is blind,even for bright, intelligent gorgeous women..so blind to these womanising men..

[@anneleroy8223]

Of course she Washington not blind more intelligent that

[@danilo16410]

What's wrong with her husband?

[@jakevendrotti1496]

She left her husband and children for Yves at the drop of a hat, so maybe she simply didn't want to be a hypocrite.

[@betsylalich4570]

Yves was "slime"? Interesting comment. I do not think Simone was "blind" at all. How easy to criticize without knowing the entirety of people and relationships.

[@petulia67]

Sounded more like an interrogation than an interview. Signoret deserved better.

[@joanwallis2745]

Nothing to do with the interviewee being Signoret, though. Probing questioning was the show’s trademark. The guests knew what the interviewing style would be like. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_(British_TV_programme)

[@andydixon2980]

Which i feel makes it all the more interesting as opposed to the usual small talk, sell your movie, laugh a second bullshit...

[@jakevendrotti1496]

British media is ghastly, still.

[@betsylalich4570]

She handled it all quite well. I felt no intimidation coming from her. She was simply direct.

[@lightshift3431]

This man is chauvInistic, sexist, rude, and disrespectful. I dont agree with her political views but at the same time she allowed this treatment. Abuse, really. Sad to see someone who loved knowledge not extend that to self love and respect and accept his overbearing arrogance with a self deprecating giggle.

[@danilo16410]

A0o0o0o0o0onshut up with all those "...ists." What are you judging from todays slime people of those time

[@serval90]

don't judge the past with todays eyes

[@betsylalich4570]

You refer to the interviewer? If anything I think she's laughing AT him. And her adding Jeanne d'Arc to an English man was a subtle slap.

[@sandrashevey8252]

The difference between little French boys and little American boys. But by now the little French boys have become as voyeuristic as the little American boys.

[@betsylalich4570]

The man interviewing her sounds quite British I'd say. Perhaps more clarity might be in order, especially about the word "voyeur".

[@betsylalich4570]

...and even Simone suggests at the end of the interview, that Americans were the LEAST judgmental about her. She CLEARLY addresses the question. I think it very amusing, and to her too, as she smiles, and says to an obviously British sounding man, that the British press was often the most judgmental.

[@ГалинаБельская-л9х]

Роми Шнайдер восприняла ее мимику и загадочную улыбку. И это было очень здорово, это были два бриллианта французского кино. Никто из других актрис не достиг таких высот, которые они покорили и подарили нам невероятные образы женщин. Слава Симоне и слава Роми!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sandrashevey8252]

@@ГалинаБельская-л9х Schneider and her mother were Nazis and can go to ++++